Which of the following sentences correctly uses a semicolon? someone totally messed up my room; my sister looked very guilty. i tried to move the desk to find my fallen paper; but it was too heavy. ellen changed the light bulbs in the lamps; washed the car; walked the dog; and swept the garage. it was hard to find our way through the house; for the lights were dimmed and the sun was down.

Read each of the following statements and place a checkmark next to each true statement: test-makers give away answers to questions in other questions. a test-taker should check every 20 answers or so to make sure the questions and answers match. long passages on tests should be read quickly to save time. words like best, least, and worst require the test-taker to make judgments about the correct answer. test-takers should not try to answer the questions in their minds before reading over the answer choices. test-makers use the same letter three or four times in a row to trick test-takers.